Pausing, before she spoke. Beverly finally said, “She said ‘that ole bitch’ knows I will do whatever is necessary to keep both Frank and Jerry. It takes both of them to make my life complete. I could take care of her in a heartbeat without any regrets. I said you are not serious.” “We are not interested in what you said, Mrs. Lowry, only what Mrs. Barnes said.” “Why won’t you let me tell you the rest?” Beverly asked and looked at Marlene with tears pouring down her cheeks. “Your Honor, would you please instruct the witness to answer the questions only and nothing more?” She asked. “Mrs. Lowry, please answer only the questions asked.” Judge Hunter admonished her. “Now Mrs. Lowry, did you ever hear Mrs. Barnes threaten to do bodily harm to
“Wallah o billah, I’ll go down and teach her a lesson. Who does she think she is, tha...
“Just weeping. I can still hear her weeping now sometimes. I know the exact sound of it, like a note you hear or a song that keeps spinning around in your head and you can’t forget it.”
This quote is also found on page 140, in chapter 9, still while Mrs. Hale is telling the narrator about the Fromes.
when Duddy confronts Yvette and asks her, “ Why did you go to my grandfather? Of
Jem was suddenly furious. He leaped off the bed, grabbed me by the collar and shook me. “I never wanta hear about that courthouse again, ever, ever, you hear me? You hear me? Don’t you ever say one word to me about it again, you hear? Now go on!” (Lee 331).
Daisy’s face was filled with fear as she slowly stood up and walked around the room. “She was…she was killed?” Daisy questioned in a trembling voice.
“I see thanks a lot this cleared up a lot of questions that I had regarding this case.”
We were now at the bus stop. The sun had replenished and the sky full of glee. There was trail next to the bus stop, she started walking through it. The trees intertwined like arches and the shadows created an ominous feeling. As she walked through the forest, her whole body had a calm aura.
Harper Lee, author of the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, presents Miss Maudie Atkinson with a matter-of-fact personality. For example, when Miss Stephanie Crawford spreads rumours about Boo Radley looking in her window at night, she asks “What did you do, Stephanie, move over in the bed and make room for him?” By referring to Miss Stephanie Crawford simply as “Stephanie”, she reveals that she has no time for social differences, which highlights her realistic nature. She is effective in her use of sarcasm, as she embarrasses the gossiper into unusual silence; Scout states “Miss Maudie’s voice was enough to shut anyone up”. It also displays a sense of protectiveness towards Boo Radley, as by refusing to allow people to spread gossip about him, she demonstrates that she believes in defending people who aren’t able to defend themselves. As Scout says, “she had an acid tongue in her head”, however she is unlike Mrs Dubose and especially Miss Stephanie Crawford, since she uses her sharp tongue to counter meanness rather than to perpetrate it.
“I drew a beam on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away.”
Light drifts of dust and shell debris hovered in the heavy air, borne aloft as Nisa pried apart the smooth-grained husks to expose the delectable meat within. Ingram headed off the undercurrents of a sneeze with the back of her arm and steered herself away from the island, lest she contaminate their food preparations.
The delicious smells of fresh Italian foods waft through the air as we look over our menus,
“And I thought we could trust you Bertha! You will never hear the end of this! I will get the cops here right now and make sure you pay for the horrendous scenes you caused our children to see!” Gwendolyn was a scary, temperamental woman. I prayed that it was just one of her mood swings, but that wasn’t the case.
attire stood up and with her little boy in tow, took a deep breath and